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Default How many plots in movies, books?

I have been doing a little research on how many basic movie/book plots there are and have come up with a wide variety of answers. 7, 10, 30 and 36 general plot lines have been mentioned in articles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thi...tic_Situations


The plays of Shakespeare for instance have various but often very similiar plots with respect to what genre they are in-- tragedy, history, comedy, romance, etc.

Any English majors out there want to pitch in on this??